Over at a neopagan site, a way to evaluate the danger of a group, tribe or cult is described. The higher the score on 18 traits, the more dangerous the group. It would be fun to try it on the Republican Party. The site comments:
The ABCDEF is founded upon both modern psychological theories about mental health and personal growth, and my many years of participant observation and historical research into minority belief systems. Those who believe that relativism and anarchy are as dangerous to mental health as absolutism and authoritarianism, could (I suppose) count groups with total scores nearing either extreme (high or low) as being equally hazardous. As far as dangers to physical well-being are concerned, however, both historical records and current events clearly indicate the direction in which the greatest threats lie. This is especially so since the low-scoring groups usually seem to have survival and growth rates so small that they seldom develop the abilities to commit large scale atrocities even had they the philosophical or political inclinations to do so.
Five of the 18 traits for evaluation
The GOPTrait My score
1 9
2 9
3 10
4 9
5 8
6 5
7 7
8 9
9 8
10 6
11 7
12 7
13 7
14 9
15 10
16 8
17 10
18 10
Total 148
If the average score is a 5 for all the traits that total score is 90. The highest score is 180.
I see the GOP as a 148, making it look quite dangerous to me.
Is that about right or too high or low?
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